College Bball Thread

[coonhounds]

Purdue looks like they will win this game. Marquette don't have enough and is already desperate imo

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[Stuhoo]

28 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Shaka Smart: confirmed BTB reader

Not enough by them. They’re 1/2 or 3/4 fronting him and bringing a double around to the ball side when he catches with his back to the basket.

FDU had a guy standing at his belt buckle and brought the double behind him when he caught, which he didn’t nearly as often.

Also, since Ware is crap at boxing out, might as well front with Ware and let him try to out jump Edey going toward the rim for rebounds.

[Hovadipo]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not enough by them. They’re 1/2 or 3/4 fronting him and bringing a double around to the ball side when he catches with his back to the basket.

FDU had a guy standing at his belt buckle and brought the double behind him when he caught, which he didn’t nearly as often.

Also, since Ware is crap at boxing out, might as well front with Ware and let him try to out jump Edey going toward the rim for rebounds.

They full fronted a couple possessions right before I posted that, got steals off of it, then totally went away from it. 

Why Shaka whyyyy

[reconmkd]

Damn, why no timeout? Wtf!

[Hovadipo]

Man, I did not have “Edey sealing it with 2 offensive boards without getting close to fouling” on my bingo card. 

[Home Jersey]

Man, I understand not using a timeout when you have a chance to go get a transition bucket in the final seconds.

But when the other team is already able to get set up in a halfcourt D, or you just grab that final rebound with a chance to win on a 3 point shot.... and the coach doesn't use their timeout (Shaka had 2 left)... what are you saving them for?!

[Stuhoo]

January 16th my friends. January 16th.

 

[FortWayneHoosier]

What a game. 

[LamarCheeks]

Shaka shoulda taken a timeout, but I think that poor kid kinda panicked.

They had time to get a better shot than a heave from 10 feet behind the 3-point line. 

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, schoosier said:

Crean is a good man, good recruiter, horrible coach. He couldn’t make the final four with 6, 1000 point scorers. 

There are many aspects to coaching. Some Crean was good at, others he wasn't. 

He was good at individual player development. He also had some very efficient offenses.

He isn't a good game coach. He also had problems maintaining a consistent level of competition. This was due to his inconsistent recruiting and taking too many chances on players he thought he could develop.

[FortWayneHoosier]

5 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

There are many aspects to coaching. Some Crean was good at, others he wasn't. 

He was good at individual player development. He also had some very efficient offenses.

He isn't a good game coach. He also had problems maintaining a consistent level of competition. This was due to his inconsistent recruiting and taking too many chances on players he thought he could develop.

Agreed. Indiana was exciting to watch from a pace and speed standpoint when he was the coach. They played so quick and he really was with the times as far as shooting the 3 pt. 

[cthomas]

6 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

Agreed. Indiana was exciting to watch from a pace and speed standpoint when he was the coach. They played so quick and he really was with the times as far as shooting the 3 pt. 

They also turned the ball over on about every third possession and played no defense. Retrospect is often much kinder than the reality of what was happening at the time. 

[FortWayneHoosier]

3 minutes ago, cthomas said:

They also turned the ball over on about every third possession and played no defense. Retrospect is often much kinder than the reality of what was happening at the time. 

I did leave that part out. They at one time from my short memory were averaging like 18 turnovers a game lol. 

[coonhounds]

They also turned the ball over on about every third possession and played no defense. Retrospect is often much kinder than the reality of what was happening at the time. 

This is true. Also true is we have sucked ever since crean and that needs to change. Sooner the better

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[FortWayneHoosier]

Virginia holds on. Great basketball this evening 

[JSHoosier]

39 minutes ago, cthomas said:

They also turned the ball over on about every third possession and played no defense. Retrospect is often much kinder than the reality of what was happening at the time. 

The random person Wisconsin pulled from the stands just scored again.

His offenses could put points up if they were allowed to get out an run.  Muck it up and force them into the half court? It could get ugly.

[cthomas]

28 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

This is true. Also true is we have sucked ever since crean and that needs to change. Sooner the better

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No argument from me. But it was pretty clear at the end that Crean wasn't the answer. He couldn't capitalize on his really good teams with Zeller and Yogi. I thought Crean was a good guy and had some ability to coach offense, but everything else was a mess. I didn't like how it ended but couldn't see a way forward for Coach Crean.

[Rico]

Go 'Dons....Fort Wayne that is.

[Uspshoosier]

Duquesne guy dunks the ball at Nebraska and breaks the goal.   Something flew off the top.   Delay coming 

[AKHoosier]

Obviously a long way to go and I hope this post looks foolish come March, but I have a hard time believing they aren't a 1 seed come tournament time.